Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-05-26

1g We clip the following items from W.
W. Armstrong; "Men and Mention" in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Speaking of the judges of the supreme
court, the members of that tribunal seem to
Harlan, who is "a; Gray, 50; Stanley Mat
thews, of Ohio, 63; Waite, Field and Miller,
II, and Bradley, IA. Of the present members
Miller has been longest on the bench in that
body, having been appointed in 1862, a year
before Field. Bradley went on in 1870.
Waite in 1874, Harlan in 1877, Matthews and
Gray in 1881, and Blatchford in 1882. Woods
was appointed in 1880. The st. Louis Globe
Democrat says the "best illustration, how
ever, of the longevity of the members of the
court is the fact that although most of them
have been appointed when in the latter por-
ton of the middle period of life, the court at
all times numbering from five to nine as
sociate justices, yet the number of these Off
cials from the date of the creation of the
tribunal, ninetyeight years ago, until today
has reached but fortythree. In that time the
country has had twenty-five presidents, thirty
secretaries of state, thirtyseven secretaries of
the treasury, thirtyeight secretaries of war,
thirtyOne secretaries of the navy, thirtytwo
postmasters general and thirtynine attorneys
generals, although but one of each of these
classes of officials was or is in service at the
same time"
Somebody has been writing about the
Damon and Pythias friendship of General
'Sam" Thomas of Columbus and "Cap
Brice of Lima, o., who both now live in New
York City. They were the originators of the
sNickelplate" scheme and are now the owners
of the East Tennessee railroad system. The
writer says: "The general is elegant in ap-
pearance, with handsome face, curling hair
and gray mustache, keen eyes and pleasant
manners. Mr.. Brice is not 80 we'll favored
by nature. One of his old western friends
said that when Mr.. Brice was still struggl-
| ing lawyer before he entered the railroad
| business he was not only ordinary looking
but 'ornery.' He has gotten over that GER
tainly. General Thomas himself makes an
occasional allusion to his friends personal
appearance. He said the other day: think
Brice 8 hair when I first knew him was what
sBunthorne' would call utterly utter 1t
was literally uncomfortable. 1t used to stand
out from his head in great wiry shock, after
the fashion of porcupine. Brice sat in our
Office in Columbus one day, looking out over
the Scioto river as the sun was going down.
/ came in at the door when all the rays OF
light seemed to be showered on his head, and
| think Inever saw any such sight in my life.
It seemed TO me it was the most brilliantly
hued head of hair that ever covered mans
head. It IS q pretty long head, however,
New York BARRIERS have been able to get his
hair in a somewhat more fashionable form
than in those days." Brice still claims Ohio
as his residence, and usually turns up as a
delegate to the Democratic State Convention
from Allen county, where he is personally
popular. He could have been elected to con-
gress from that district some years ago, but
has resolutely turned his mind against poll.
J tics and is yet worshiper at the shrine Of
, Mammon. Thomas and Brice are both mer
of ability and equally clever, even if they dc
not agree in politics.